Accessibility on the Warwickshire Web



Accessibility on the Warwickshire website We are committed to ensuring that our services are available to as many people as possible. The information on this page offers advice and guidance from the council and other expert organisations about how to get the most from our website regardless of access needs.

General advice and guidance

How to change the settings, such as font size, of commonly used web browsers.

The charity AbilityNet provides a wide range of useful factsheets about using features available in many common operating systems and software to improve access.

The BBC's My Web My Way service also offers advice about how to use accessibility features offered by common computer operating systems.

Services available through the Warwickshire website

You can download the Browsealoud software free of charge. This software will 'read' the content of this website out loud.

Download and Install Browsealoud

Text-only

You can view this website without graphics which can help make it easier to read and can also make it faster to download on slower internet connections or on mobile devices.
To access the text-only version of this website, simply select the 'Text-only' option available at the top of every webpage.

Plain English

Making the site easy to read doesn't stop with the colours chosen however. The words used must be clear and easy to understand. The Warwickshire Web has been awarded the "Crystal Mark" in recognition of our efforts to remove gobbledegook and simplify text for easy reading.

Reading documents

We publish most of our documents as PDF (portable document format) files. PDFs are accessed using a PDF file viewer such as Adobe Reader which is free to download. Advice is also available about the accessibility features included with Adobe Reader.

Interpreting & Translation

The council's Interpreting & Translation Service can arrange access to people who can interpret information in to a wide range of languages and British Sign Language.

Other Services

Additional support services and facilities are available through our libraries to make it easier to access the web.

If you, or anyone you know, has problems accessing the Warwickshire Web, send an e-mail to: webmaster@warwickshire.gov.uk.

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